Compressor Systems and Heat Exchangers
AssigneeIngersoll-Rand Company
InventorsRobert Small, Dominic Bochicchio
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Abstract
A compressor system includes a compressor having a discharge port; and a shell and tube heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the discharge port. The heat exchanger includes a shell and a tube bundle disposed inside the shell. The shell includes a first flat portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the shell from a first end of the shell to a second end of the shell, and a second flat portion parallel to the first flat portion and extending along the longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end. The tube bundle is positioned between the first flat portion and the second flat portion, and extends along the longitudinal axis between the first end of the shell and the second end of the shell.
Claims20
A compressor system, comprising:
- a compressor having a discharge port;
- and
- a shell and tube heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the discharge port, the heat exchanger having a shell and a tube bundle disposed inside the shell, wherein the shell includes a first flat portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the shell from a first end of the shell to a second end of the shell, and a second flat portion parallel to the first flat portion and extending along the longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end;
- and wherein the tube bundle is positioned between the first flat portion and the second flat portion, and extends along the longitudinal axis between the first end of the shell and the second end of the shell.
A compressor system, comprising:
- a compressor having a discharge port;
- and
- a shell and tube heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the discharge port, the heat exchanger having a shell and having a tube bundle disposed inside the shell, wherein the shell has a longitudinal axis and a flat oval cross-section along the longitudinal axis;
- and wherein the shell is constructed to reflect a shape of the tube bundle.
A shell and tube heat exchanger, comprising:
- a tube bundle;
- and
- a shell, wherein the shell includes a first flat portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the shell from a first end of the shell to a second end of the shell, a second flat portion parallel to the first flat portion and extending along the longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end;
- and wherein the tube bundle is positioned between the first flat portion and the second flat portion, and extends along the longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.